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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During what time will Bao-yu be allowed to live with the girls?
(a) While he is an adolescent.
(b) Until he is married.
(c) While Yuan-chun is absent.
(d) As long as Dai-yu is living there.

2. What addiction does Dai-yu discover of Bao-yu's?
(a) Sex.
(b) A novel.
(c) Food.
(d) Alcohol.

3. Which is the only character who chooses not to rest and recuperate after Yuan-chun's visit?
(a) Bao-yu.
(b) Dai-yu.
(c) Bao-chai.
(d) Xi-feng.

4. Who does Bao-yu see sleeping with a girl?
(a) Precious.
(b) Tealeaf.
(c) Darling.
(d) Xi-feng.

5. Who does the Prince of Bei-jing ask to meet?
(a) Bao-yu.
(b) Qin-shi.
(c) Jia Rong.
(d) Xi-feng.

6. Who seeks advice from Bao-yu about how to take care of the Ning household?
(a) You-shi.
(b) Xi-feng.
(c) Cousin Zhen.
(d) Qin-shi.

7. What wakes Xi-feng from her dream about Qin-shi?
(a) The bell for breakfast.
(b) Her father calling.
(c) The maid entering the room.
(d) The death chime.

8. How does Xi-feng's personality as an overbearing mistress come to light in the Ning house?
(a) She severely punishes a servant for forgetting to wash some dirty laundry.
(b) She admonishes each servant individually for any mistake they make.
(c) She severely punishes a servant for being late to work.
(d) She shouts at all the servants as a group for half an hour.

9. Who scolds Aroma for not getting up when she enters a room?
(a) Dai-yu.
(b) Bao-chai.
(c) Nannie Li.
(d) Yu-chun.

10. What kind of party does Grandmother Jia decide to hold?
(a) A choir party.
(b) A poetry party.
(c) A poet naming party.
(d) A riddle party.

11. To whose house does Bao-yu wander to to study to look at a painting that he likes?
(a) His uncle Feng-shu.
(b) His cousin Zhen.
(c) His friend Qin-shi.
(d) His cousin Ming.

12. What is Shui Rong's title?
(a) The head of the Rong mansion.
(b) The King of Bei-jing.
(c) The Prince of Shanghai.
(d) The Prince of Bei-jing.

13. Where does Yuan-chun order that the girls of the house and Bao-yu be allowed to live?
(a) The Peachtree Court,
(b) The Prospect Garden
(c) The Cherry Blossom Garden.
(d) The refinished farmhouse.

14. What happens to Jia Zheng's dislike for Bao-yu towards the end of the novel?
(a) It cannot get higher.
(b) It is put on hold.
(c) It increases.
(d) It decreases.

15. In Xi-feng's dream, why is Qin-shi concerned about the family falling on hard times?
(a) Because no provisions will be made for seasonal offerings or for funds for the clan school.
(b) Because it will ruin her reputation.
(c) Because they will not be able to pay rent.
(d) Because it will bring shame on the family.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Xi-feng's carriage briefly stop during the funeral procession for Qin-shi?

2. What gift does Shui Rong give to Bao-yu?

3. Who is Yuan-chun overjoyed to see when she comes to see the garden?

4. Who gives Bao-yu a present of romantic, sexual love stories to read?

5. What servant finds a lock of The Mattress's hair in Jia Lian's things?

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